Richland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022. located within Buena Vista Township in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016. As of the 2020 census, Richland had a population of 623. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 08350.
The Cape May Seashore Lines operates passenger rail service from Richland to Tuckahoe, from a scale reproduction of the original Richland Station, which was removed in the mid-1960s.Richland-Tuckahoe Service, Cape May Seashore Lines. Accessed December 27, 2016. "The present Richland Village passenger station, along with a crossing watchman's shanty, are situated in the same location as the original structures, which were removed circa 1965 (the original passenger station), and during the 1930s (the original crossing watchman's shanty)." History On April 26, 2004, the Buena Vista Township Committee voted to temporarily rename the community of Richland, a section of Buena Vista Township. For the first half of the month of May 2004, Richland became Mojito, New Jersey, named after the Cuban rum drink. Bacardi had offered to give the township $5,000 for recreation projects in exchange for commemorating the new name with a sign on U.S. Route 40 for those weeks.National Mojito Month, Cocktail Times. Accessed October 8, 2007. Richland was chosen because it is home to the family-run Dalponte Farms, a major East Coast supplier of mint, an essential ingredient of the mojito.
Demographics Richland was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. census.
+Richland CDP, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 20202020White alone (NH) 412 66.13%Black or African American alone (NH) 79 12.68%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%Asian alone (NH) 91.44%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%Other race alone (NH)8 1.28%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) 16 2.57%Hispanic or Latino (any race)99 15.89%Total623 100.00%
Education Public school students living in the CDP are served by the Buena Regional School District. - Text list
Founded in 1959, St. Augustine Preparatory School is an all-male Catholic high school, operated within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.NJAIS / MSA Self-Study Report 2012-2013 , St. Augustine Preparatory School. Accessed November 10, 2016. "St. Augustine Preparatory School (locally, 'The Prep') is an independent, all male, Roman Catholic, Augustinian, four-year college preparatory school located in the Richland section of Buena Vista Township, New Jersey."Our High Schools, South Jersey Catholic Schools. Accessed December 22, 2025.
Attractions Cape May Seashore Lines Patcong Valley Railroad MuseumAbout Us, Patcong Valley Railroad Museum. Accessed June 29, 2016.
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